BIPOC Community Healing Resources
The Legal Rights Center
Restorative Processing Toolkit– This is a resource for communities using restorative practices to process the trials for the former officers involved in the murder of George Floyd.
More information for The Legal Rights Center can be found on their website.
Minnesota Healing Justice Network
The Minnesota Healing Justice Network is an intergenerational community of healers and cultural workers that center black and brown wellness through mutual aid, holistic care, and solidarity work. You can find more about their work on their website.
Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective (BEAM Community)
BEAM is a national training, movement building, and grant making institution that is dedicated to the healing, wellness and liberation of Black and marginalized communities.
Learn more about BEAM and the resources they offer on their website.
Kente Circle
Kente Circle is a Minneapolis-based clinically diverse staff with professional training in marriage and family therapy, psychology, and social work.
Mental Health America
Cultural Wellness Center
The Cultural Wellness Center (CWC) in Minneapolis is a community-based organization that promotes health, healing, and wellness within diverse communities, especially among people of African descent. They provide a variety of programs including community health and wellness initiatives, leadership development, cultural education, and entrepreneurship support.
Immigrant Resources
Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota
The above link provides a comprehensive resource list to help assist immigrants, refugees, advocates, and organizers in knowing their rights, preparing for the future, and meeting basic needs.
Massachusetts Statewide Family Engagement Center (MASFEC)
Talking to Students and Families About Increased Immigration Enforcement
Provides some guidelines for talking to young people at various developmental levels about immigration enforcement actions.
LGBTQIA2S+ Support & Education
GLSEN
GLSEN is a national network of educators, students, and local GLSEN Chapters working to make the right of safe, supportive, and LGBTQ-inclusive K-12 education spaces a reality. Pages to highlight include a pronoun guide and safe space toolkit.
Call to Mind
Every day, queer teens and young adults are challenged by the politicization of gender identity and sexual orientation and the rise in anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination. And the mental health consequences are alarming. A staggering 45 percent of LGBTQ+ youth 13 through 24 reports have seriously considered suicide, and 14 percent have tried to hurt themselves, according to a 2022 report from The Trevor Project. Join Call to Mind host Kimberly Adams for Queer Youth Resilience & Mental Health, a one-hour special broadcast.
The Trevor Project
The Trevor Project is the leading suicide prevention and crisis intervention nonprofit organization for LGBTQ+ young people. They provide information & support to LGBTQ+ young people 24/5 all year round. Pages to highlight include sexual orientation and mental health resources.
School Shooting Resources
American Psychological Association
National Traumatic Stress Network
Talking to Children about the Shooting
This is a resource from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network that helps guide adults in supporting young people.
The Transcend App
The Transcend app was developed by the National Mass Violence and Victimization Resource Center (NMVVRC) for survivors, their families, and anyone who would like to support those affected by mass violence. We know the horrific impact that these events can have on survivors, families, and communities. The app provides resources and information about common reactions to mass violence and strategies for recovery. We hope that this app is helpful as you and your community work to move forward and rise above mass violence.
Sesame Workshop
Whether young people are directly or indirectly exposed to violent events, there are ways to help them feel safer and more secure. This link above provides video and activity resources to support young people.
Suicide Prevention Organizations & Resources
American Association of Suicidology
Crisis Textline
Text: HOME to 741741
Chat and whats app instructions available on their website.
Wellness in the Woods
Peer-to-Peer Support Line: 1-844-739-6369 – Hours are daily from 5:00 PM to 9:00 AM. Peers support each other by understanding struggles, sharing life experiences, building natural relationships, and being empathetic. More information is available on their website.
The Trevor Lifeline's
National 24-hour, toll-free hotline: 1-866-488-7386 For lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning youth. Providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention to LGBTQ youth. Crisis services are available here.
National Suicide Prevention Hotline & Youth: Suicide & Crisis Line
Includes services for: Black Mental Health, LGBTQ+ individuals, Neurodivergence, Native Americans & Alaska Natives
Call or Text 988
Online chat or help via their web portal is available on their website.